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ipchains vs netfilter performance

DISCUSSION [email protected] 2 participants 2 messages Jan 7, 2001 – Jan 8, 2001

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I've noticed that my Linux boxes take quite a hit in terms of packets per second rate when I define ipchains rules with 2.2.X kernels. Does the netfilter replacement found in 2.4 kernels improve this performance?

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I've noticed that my Linux boxes take quite a hit in terms of packets per second rate when I define ipchains rules with 2.2.X kernels. Does the netfilter replacement found in 2.4 kernels improve this performance?

Not really. What are your rules?

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